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Patented Jan. 17,1882.

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ALvA P. BROWN, OF TEXAS, OHIO.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,354, dated January17, 1882.

Application filed June 24, 1881.

To all whom t'tmmy concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA P. BROWN, of Texas, in the county of Henry andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bedsteads,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is the production of a cheap and durablespring bed-bottom and bedstead combined and a bedstead the legs of whichcan be folded for convenience in stowingaway and moving.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same,and Fig. 3 is a plan view of one end of the bedstead and bottom.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The brd-bottom'is formed of the strips a a, preferably of hoop-iron, theends of which are secured by loops'ortotherwise to the tie-rods b b,which rods pass across the bedstead'at the head and foot thereof, asshown.

To the lower edges of theside boards, A A, of

the bedstead, on the inside, are fastened the cleats c 0, upon which areplaced the cross bottom-boards c 0, upon which the coiled springs O Gare supported, which springs support the metal strips immediately underthe cross metal stripsa a, which are riveted to the strips a a, and towhich the upper ends of the closed springs are attached. The endcrossstrips, a a, of the bed-bottom are of greater length than thoseacross the center of the bottom, and abut against the side boards of thebedstead, and serve always to keep the bot-' tom from slidingeither wayupon the tie-rods. The legs B B, which are tied together by the head andfoot boards of the bedstead, are of such width as to just fit outside ofthe side boards, A A, and they are secured in place to the bedstead, andhinged thereto by the rods 1) b, which rods pass entirely across thebedstead and through the leg.

(No model.)

One end of the rod is headed and the other end thereof is provided withthe screw-nut for tightening it. By this construction and attachm'ent ofthe legs the same are adapted to be folded upon the top of thebed-bottom, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. When the legs areupright, as shown in full lines in the drawings, the legs should besecuredagainst danger of folding by placing the hooks e 0,; which aresecured to thev outside of the head l. The bed-bottom formed ofthestripsaa,

cross strips c a, and the coiled springs O O, the strips or a beingattached to the tie-rods b b, which are adaptedto pass through the sideboards of the bedstead, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the bed-bottom formed of the strips or a andcross-strips a a and the coiled springs O O, and the tie-rods b b, thelegs B B, hinged to the tie rods outside the bedstead, snb tantially asand for thepurposes specified. a

3. The side boards, A A, ot'the bedstead, in combination with the legs BB, hinged to the bedstead by the rods 1) b, substantially as and for thetmrposesspecitied. v

4. The end erossstrips, a a, formed with the extended ends, as shown,whereby the bottomis kept in place, in combination with the rods b b andstrips a a and cross-strips H. D. BOWKER, E. PENNooKl

